Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-10-15
cu,oAoo,s GREETING.
enthusiastically Exsenae@ y" s"s
st~ ss.m.,anut and SASS WIFE,

e. ,n,o the Alton depot at Twenty
Ma street at $40 o'clock this morning
Tn.ra was A loud shout from the crowd .
-. o. three cheers as the distinguished
oair walked across the platform
4 their carriage A moment iA'ot
tbs carriage door closed w'n
. .,,m and the four spirited horses
,nwrsd AT the whip circulated over their
heads and the president was riding through
.be streets Of Chicago. It was oniy lew
after 7 o'clock this morning when
he people commenced to stop at the Depot
where the president was advertised !"
alight from his special train. Atthat hour
,hsrs were 200 men, women, boys and girls
standing around the little three oornerea
asDot which looked dismal In Its coat OIL
weather beaten drab paint. 1t Is two
story structure, with two small waiting
rooms, in each Of which stoves furnished
slight heat for crowd of persons who had
hecome chilled standing on tho outside
looking at the rusty car rails on the TWO
sides, 5 small frame building near ey'
the towering elevators, or the
bnllstin boards covered with highly
eolored pictures of theatrical attractions.
In ali directions vacant lots, or rough TIM
her or stone yards could DO seen. not
hi of decoration was visible for \ block
around the oueer little depot, and not
ysstise OF color could be seen on the latter
hnildina. except dirty drab which pro-
tscted the outside weather boarding from
tba elements, aud tho big yellow letters
which looked almost flAshy Ia tho gloom.
n was a welcome fitting TO the executive OF
this great republic that President Cleveland
met with when he landed for tho
FIRST TINE IN his LIFE
IN Chicago this morning. Tho enthusiasm
was electrical. Such crowds, such bright
faces in the same number, were
neyer seen before. There must have
been 50, 900 men, women and children
gathered within few blocks Of the station.
| An the streets leading to Archer avenue
/ were blocked completely with the press oil
hnman beings. Above the heads Of tbs
| crowds could be seen the helmeted mill
/ tary. They we're truly hne lot Of men,
/ in all four companies Of cavalry and
artillery. Their arrival created . sensation
which grew more and more tumnltuous ~
the presidential equipago appeared on the
scene. The crowd was entirely good
natured. Its one wish seemed 10 DO 10 eH-
press respect for the president and lady
Although boisrerons at times, ~ all crowds
are, this one was on its good behavior, and
readily enough obcycd the requests oi
the police TO stand back and leaT'
clear space through which tho presidsn
might pass. AS the presidents carEtAg'
moved away, the military formed around
IT, and the crowd, with wild cheering, fel
in behind. The president took of hts his
the moment no got into tho carriage, aud
bowed and smiled a. the roaring cheer
went up. He seemed well pleased with
his welcome, and we'll he might be, for /
was truly royal. Mrs. Cleveland uorv
black travelling dress, and although wsarie,
from travelling, looked fresh and charming
as usual. As the presidential carriage, viii
the fair mistress Of the Whit
house came in view, chez
went MP from tho masses that fille'
I
crowd At this part Of the line Of march wa
In striking contrast To the uneeasing din o
cheers that greeted tho president furths
on. There was no music until the process
sion got 10 Twenty-third street, aud %
crowds did nothing but look at tho pres
dent and Mrs. Cleveland. Closing q
behind the carriages came tho Milwsuke
Light Horse squadron and battery :
Fourth artillery, United States army. tn
crowd had yelled itself hoarse cheering q
: the president, when the second disiaio
! swung into line at the corner Of Miehiga
avenue and Twenty-third street Dow
Twenty.third street, Wabash avenue an
, Thirty-ffth street the people were packe
as never before in Chicago. On the tops
houses and in windows were crowds +,
anxious faces, and from tho roo
: floated streamers evidently improviss
! hurriedly tor the occasion. Down
, Twenty-second street, where the proceNsC
began, there was q repetition Of the dep.
scene, and man might as well have q
] tempted to walk through brick wall ~
force his way into the midst Of this
FENCE or MEN AND WOMEN.
, When the procession reached the reviay
. ing stand tho president alighted from Il
carriage, and the long line passed In I
? view.
In response to Mayor Roachs s address
i welcome he said:
; SIT was soon after the election Of IS
, that an old resident Of your city was eat
: estly urging ms 10 pay you visit He {
4 dsayorcd to meet all objections that w,
. started, and insisted with unyie
l ing pertinacity that tho invi
8 ton should be accepted. At !
/ and after all persuasion seen
I TO fail, he yehemently broke out with Z
: declaration: The people up where u
t don't think man Is dc for president "
: has never seen Chicago I have on
thought Of this incident since that tin
, and sometimes when have felt that '
, not doing for the people and tho pub
Q welfare all that might be done, or all Il
& would like TO do. / have wonder
|, whether things would not have gone
: better If / had visited Chicago. Indeed
T has, believe, been publicly stated on q
i or moro occasions lately, when the sho
4 comings Of tho present chief executi
were under discussion, that nothing bet
y could be expected Of 9 man who had ne,
been west Of some designated place
river, and this, suppose, mea
. the same thing that my Chica
!, friend meant, and involves tho same
cusation and conclusion. II my allea
official crimes and misdemeanors are If
charitably accounted for. shall not co
plain, while confess that the declArati
2 ofthe representative Of this city, as l hs
= given IL, Is an evidence Of that local mr.
and loyalty Of which your city Is q Rr,
monument. All have heard Il, ifthey hs
not seen IL, for everyone Of your peol
seems TO have organized himselfa comm
a tee Of one TO spread is glories abroad, a
now that am here, feel like saving wi
the Queen of Sheha THAT hale -.